Is it mustahabb for everyone who wants to enter ihram for Hajj or ‘Umrah to stipulate a condition?

Stipulating a condition with regard to
Hajj refers to when a person stipulates, when entering ihram, that if
anything prevents him from continuing, he will exit ihram from the place
where he is prevented from continuing. 

The scholars (may Allah have mercy on
them) differed as to whether it is prescribed to make this condition. Some
of them said that it is not prescribed at all, because the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did Hajj and ‘Umrah, and there is
no report from him to suggest that he stipulated this condition either in
his Hajj or in his ‘Umrah. And it is well-known that there were with him
people who were sick, but he did not instruct the people to stipulate this
condition. Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him), during the
‘Umrah of al-Hudaybiyah, came to the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him) when he was sick with an infestation of lice that were falling
onto his face from his head. The Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) said to him: “I did not realise that your problem had become as
bad as I see it”, and he instructed him to shave his head and offer a fidyah
(sacrifice of a sheep) or fast or feed (poor persons). This story is
well-known in as-Saheehayn and elsewhere. 

Some of the scholars say that it is
prescribed in all cases, and that it is mustahabb for a person to stipulate,
when entering ihram: “If anything prevents me (from continuing), then my
exiting ihram is where I am prevented.” They gave as the reason for that the
fact that there is no guarantee that anyone will be safe from obstacles that
may arise during ihram, which may require him to exit ihram, so if he has
stipulated this condition, it will be easy for him to exit ihram. 

Some of the scholars say that if the
person fears that an obstacle may arise, he should stipulate this condition,
otherwise he should not. 

The correct view is that stipulating this
condition is not prescribed except in cases where a person fears that some
obstacle may prevent him from completing his pilgrimage, such as if he is
sick and his sickness worsens, so that he is not able to complete his
pilgrimage. In that case he should stipulate this condition. But if he is
not afraid of some obstacle that will prevent him from completing his
pilgrimage, then he should not stipulate this condition. This view
reconciles all the evidence, the reason being that the Prophet (blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) did ‘Umrah and Hajj, and he did not
stipulate any condition and he did not tell the people in general to
stipulate conditions when entering ihram. But when Dubaa‘ah bint az-Zubayr
ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with her) told him that she
wanted to do Hajj but she was sick, the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) said to her: “Do Hajj, and stipulate: My exiting ihram
will be where I am prevented (from continuing), then you will have
permission from your Lord to do so.” So anyone whose situation is like hers
may stipulate this condition, and those whose situation is not like this
should not do so. End quote.